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The Oxford Book of English Talk
Sutherland, James (Editor)

LondonOxford University Press1953

Crisp, clean pages except for moderate toning around endpapers and edges; binding slightly relaxed near the hinges; blue cloth hard cover bears two light droplet stains and moderate fading along the spine, fading continuing across most of the rear and the upper front, and mild softening and shelfwear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. xix, 453pp.; a cross-sampling of British diction over the previous five centuries as represented in personal writings, testimony, dinner scenes, etc.

Languages: Avestan (Old Persian) and German. Complete in two volumes. Facsimile reproduction of 1904-1906 Auflage, Karl J. Trübner, Strassburg, in zwei Bänden; original pagination retained: xxxii, 1999, xiii, 287pp. Crisp and bright; no owners' marks; the hard covers on both volumes show small spots of surface wear and very slight inward turns at the free corners, and the significantly larger first volume bears mild crimping around the spine heel and a short wrinkle across the bottom right front, otherwise excellent.

Signed by Dave Morice on the first (half-title) page with a date, poem, and inscription addressed to a named individual. Clean and bright; except for a touch of shelf rubbing at the spine heel and corners, as new.

Pages clean except for gentle toning around the outside edges and a bookplate on the front endpaper; full red cloth binding bears tiny spots of fraying at corners and modest rubbing at spine ends; dust jacket shows surface rubbing and scuffing with some small abrasions, short tears sometimes attended by creases around top and bottom edges, a short open tear to one side of the spine head, and some wrinkles across the middle of the spine, otherwise sound, now protected in a clear sleeve. 314pp. w/ index

2015 printing. Crisp, bright, clean; small wrinkles at each spine end and a fingernail-sized pressure mark at the upper spine; a few short, thin laminate bubbles at the joints of the hard cover; otherwise excellent.

Crisp and clean except for a pair of small folds at the bottom left rear corner of the soft cover, light rubbing at corners and spine ends, and two tiny surface chips at the lower rear; otherwise excellent. Text in modern French with notes designed for intermediate-level students learning French.

Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's name penned on the right edge of the book; spine square and uncreased; soft cover has a short, closed tear and long, thin creases at the top rear, chipping along the top rear edge, mild fading at the spine, and modest wear around corners and spine ends with one additional chip at the bottom front edge, otherwise clean and well-kept. 158pp.

A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language - New and Corrected Impression
Skeat, Walter W.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press1911

Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's name at the front free endpaper, some toning around the edges, and modest foxing at endpapers and half-title; binding relaxed, but square and secure; full cloth cover is turned inward slightly at the free corners, faded and bearing a raised wrinkle along the spine, with some dimming of the gilt titles particularly near the heel, and shows spots of wear at corners and spine heel and small tears in the fabric around the head with minimal fraying; overall a sturdy volume with another century's life left in the old hinges yet. [xvi] + [664] + 8pp. publisher's catalogue. A revised and corrected version of the 1901 edition, itself so altered from prior versions that this can be understood as a "New and Revised Fifth Edition".

Pages clean except for a prior owner's name and notes at both front endpapers and at the top of the title page as well as a pale water stain affecting the lower bound corner of the first 75pp. and some age-toning in the margins throughout; the binding is mildly relaxed, but square and secure, the full green cloth cover faded along the spine with considerable dimming of gilt titles and decoration, softening and rubbing at spine ends, a pale spot at the lower rear, scattered pale spots and specks on the front, and mild rubbing at corners, otherwise sound and well-kept. 479pp.; English to Finnish only, with a pronunciation guide for proper names at the end.

Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's name on the first page; binding is secure, soft cover showing small drip spots, scuffs, and wrinkles along the spine, chipping at spine ends and corners, and some age-toning around the edges, otherwise sound. 162pp. w/ index.

Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; binding square, spine uncreased; the soft cover has fading along the spine, lines of rubbing along the left front and right rear, a few spots of surface wear, and modest shelf rubbing and chipping around the edges and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 109pp.

Languages: Hmong, English. Crisp and clean except for a distributor's stamp and a small, gray smudge on the title page; stapled binding clean and secure, soft cover gently dust-stained around the edges and showing light surface wear along the spine, otherwise excellent. 28pp.

Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; binding square and tight; full gray cloth hard cover has a prior seller's sticker at the bottom rear, a small, pale drip mark at the middle front, and a little shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 77pp.

Pages crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; binding square and secure, hard cover only mildly rubbed at spine ends. Jacket shows a little shelf wear at the bottom corners and lighter rubbing at the top corners and spine ends, otherwise clean and well-kept, now protected in a clear sleeve.

Language: Spanish. Pages crisp and clean except for a prior owner's name penned at the title page and a little light age-toning throughout; no other marks; some signatures remains uncut. Spine shows two creases, and binding is somewhat relaxed, but the binding remains secure. Soft cover bears chipping at corners and spine ends, modest toning along the spine, some surface wear along the spine edges and foreedges, a small crease at the bottom right front, and an open chip at the lower spine, yet remains overall clean and sound. 336pp. + publisher's catalogue.

Language: Catalan. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; binding square and tight; soft cover has a small crease to the top right front corner and some light shelfwear at edges and spine ends, otherwise excellent.

Pages bright and clean except for two light spots and several tiny scuffs on the top edge of the page block; binding is square and tight; hard cover has a gentle tap and wrinkle at the bottom right rear, small taps at the upper free corners, a spot of wear at the bottom front corner, and some softening at the spine ends, otherwise clean and excellent.

v + xxxv pp. A facsimile reprint. Pages crisp and clean; no owners' marks; stapled binding clean and secure; soft cover has a band of tanning at the right front and a little rubbing at the spine ends, otherwise excellent.

There are some notes scattered in the first ten pages, otherwise no owners' marks; there are scattered printing smudges throughout; the page block edges are age-toned and dust-spotted; binding remains secure; the soft cover is wrinkled along the spine, and there are creases on the front surface and at the bottom front right and top left rear corners, otherwise sound. 80pp.

Sanskrit Grammar: Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects, of Veda and Brahmana
Whitney, William Dwight

Harvard University Press2002

Clean and bright; no owners' marks; binding is relaxed at the front hinge, front cover bears a few faint, pale smudges, top front corner is turned slightly inward, and corners and spine ends show some shelf rubbing, otherwise excellent.

Language: German. Pages are crisp and clean except for some foxing on the top edge of the book; no owners' marks; binding is square and tight; soft cover has a faint crease at the bottom right front, some sunning at the spine, a small chip at the spine heel, and a little spotting on the back, otherwise excellent.

Pages are clean, crisp, and bright; no owners' marks; binding is square and tight; hard cover has a little rubbing at corners and small inward turns at the lower free corners, otherwise excellent. Jacket shows rubbing and some chipping at corners and spine ends, tiny brown specks at the bottom right front, a small pencil mark and mild fading at the spine, a surface chip at the left rear and a short, closed tear at the top rear, and a few light handling marks on the rear, otherwise clean and sound, now protected in a clear sleeve. 184pp. w/ index.

The pages of this copy are clean except for a very few pencilled notes, some dust spotting at the head edges of the page block, and some toning around the edges of the block; the binding is square and secure. The cloth hard cover has a short pen mark at the top front, some fading around spine and edges, and rubbing at spine ends and corners, but is overall attractive and sound, with gilt titles at front and spine. 153pp.

The pages of this copy have scattered notes in pencil, a pen mark at the right edge of the page block, and just a little dust spotting at the head edge, but are otherwise clean; the binding is square, relaxed but secure. The hard cover has three faint drip spots at the left front, two tiny, brown spots at the lower front, a line of scratchs at the left rear, a little darkening around the edges, and some shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends, but remains overall attractive and sound, with gilt titles at front and spine. 110pp. Revised from the 1903 edition.

Crisp and clean; no owners' marks; square, tight binding, hard cover moderately worn at spine ends and corners with an additional spot of wear at the bottom front edge, otherwise excellent; dust jacket bears a few shallow folds along the top edges and some spots of finish dulling front and back, otherwise bright and well-kept. [viii], 260pp.